Psalms 41

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.

Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2 YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.

The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

3 YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.

The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

4 I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”

I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5 My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!

My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

6 And if he came to see—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.

And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

7 All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:

All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

8 A worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise again.

They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

9 Even my ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, Made the heel great against me,

For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

10 And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to them.

But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.

11 By this I have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout over me.

By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

12 As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.

But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

13 Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.

Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.